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Vanessa Manzo

Mundelein

Summary

Healthcare professional prepared for delivering top-notch patient care and medical services. Extensive experience in diagnosing, treating, and managing various health conditions. Known for team collaboration, reliability, and adaptability to changing medical needs. Proficient in clinical assessments and patient management.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Nurse Practitioner

Advanced Surgical Care of Northern IL
01.2022 - Current
  • Independently conduct physical exams and follow up with post-surgical patients’ outpatient
  • Monitor post-surgical patients in inpatient setting
  • Conduct preoperative patient education classes
  • Coordinate and facilitate patient support group meetings
  • Assist with development of and growth of new medically managed weight loss program to meet clinical best practice
  • Advocate for patients to ensure they received necessary resources and support from healthcare providers and insurance companies alike
  • Assess patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals
  • Implemented obesity medicine program.
  • Lead and manage weekly preoperative education class.
  • Organize and lead monthly support group for bariatric patients.

Nurse Practitioner

Robert Schwartzenberg MD
07.2019 - 12.2021
  • Independently performing age-appropriate history and physical examinations for complex acute, critical and chronically ill patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings (in office visits and skilled nursing facility/long term care inpatient)
  • Manage common episodic and chronic illnesses; obtain treatment consents as needed
  • Collaboration with team members after conference to finalize patient plans and assisting with ordering tests and referrals as needed
  • Ordering and interpretation of labs or diagnostic test needed prior to multidisciplinary review
  • Conducting peer to peer review or writing medical necessity letters with insurance companies for pre-authorization of tests as appropriate
  • Served as preceptor to NP students

Registered Nurse

Advocate Condell Medical Center
10.2014 - 06.2019
  • Provide direct quality care to patients including daily assessments, recording and monitoring medical conditions
  • Execute comprehensive assessment planning and implementation of care to patients on medical, surgical, oncology, renal, cardiac and neurological units in a Level 1 trauma environment
  • Work closely with doctors and administer competent and compassionate care
  • Responsible for tasks such as medication administration, blood products administration, IV insertion, wound care, dressing changes, ostomy care, drain care
  • Initiate rapid response for rapidly declining patient situations and assist team in providing emergency treatment

Education

MASTER OF SCIENCE - Family Nurse Practitioner, Nursing

GRACELAND UNIVERSITY
04.2019

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - Nursing

CHAMBERLAIN COLLEGE OF NURSING
06.2014

Skills

  • Adept in EMR systems
  • CPR
  • BLS
  • Primary care
  • Internal medicine
  • Obesity medicine
  • Ability to manage acute and chronic diseases
  • Fluent in Spanish

References

Available upon request

Certifications

  • Licensed Registered Nurse- IL
  • AANP- Certified Nurse Practitioner in Family care- IL
  • DEA Prescribing and Dispensing Authority
  • Intermediate Certificate of Obesity Management Fundamentals
  • CPR + BLS

Timeline

Nurse Practitioner

Advanced Surgical Care of Northern IL
01.2022 - Current

Nurse Practitioner

Robert Schwartzenberg MD
07.2019 - 12.2021

Registered Nurse

Advocate Condell Medical Center
10.2014 - 06.2019

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - Nursing

CHAMBERLAIN COLLEGE OF NURSING

MASTER OF SCIENCE - Family Nurse Practitioner, Nursing

GRACELAND UNIVERSITY
Vanessa Manzo